Kyler - Wow! That's a large burn for that area. Nice! grant

@@GrowingDeerTV This was in Chautauqua county, on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills. Just getting in to "big time" burn country. I'm glad to see prescribed fire being used in places it traditionally hasn't, as I believe it's such an important land management tool.

Rommel - I will share the results soon! - grant

You're so welcome!

Samantha - Thanks for noticing! - grant

Brent - Thanks for coming and I hope our paths cross again soon! - grant

Congratulations! I look forward to hearing about your experiences!

Thanks Ghillie!

Jesse - Thanks for the note! If the mature oaks make a closed canopy then there won't be enough sun reaching the soil during the growing season for native vegetation to respond to a prescribed fire. However, fire can remove tick habitat! - grant

@@GrowingDeerTV I've took some of the oaks out for fire wood to burn so that the sun can come though..I had some sweet gums and popular I took out also to get sunlight in.. I have about 6 inches of leaves that has piled up for years. I'm hoping to burn all that off so that the grasses or other native green will start coming up.. I didn't want to use the tractor and scape all that off the top.I figured burning would get the job done leaving all the good nutrients behind..

Collin - Those can be great tools. However, I don't have access to a mulcher. Thanks for watching! - grant

Samatha - I hope you have a great season! - grant

Thanks for the encouraging words! - grant

Kyadak - We'll be sharing a follow up soon! - grant

Leland - Fire can drastically reduce tick populations - for a while. Some probably are killed by the fire but most die from being desiccated after the fire. Ticks need a lot of moisture to survive and the back area after a fire is a harsh environment for ticks. However, deer will frequent the area as soon as it begins greening up and ticks will drop off the deer and repopulate the burned unit. - grant

Justin - maybe you can be the leader and share information with them.

It is everywhere - prescribed fire is a great tool!

Ghillie - Yes. About 15% based on research by the USDA.

@@GrowingDeerTV You had mentioned that exact stat but I couldn't find exact vid. Thanks.

Agreed

I used to live near Central when I attended Clemson!!!! I hunted on the school forest there.

If I am correct you may know my Dad Keith Seitz and great friend Louis Batson.

Funny!

Joseph - Absolutely! This is a common technique to reduce fuel except on GOV lands where the use of prescribed fire has been reduced.

Cody - Ha! Welcome to the Ozarks! Be careful. Ticks can infect humans with many wicked diseases. Critter populations are a factor of the habitat quality. Thick leaf litter, thick grasses, etc., are prime tick habitat which allow the populations to explode. A good rotation of growing season fires will likely improve the habitat for deer and turkeys and decrease it for ticks! I don't know the current habitat at your property, but introducing growing season fires will likely help!

@@GrowingDeerTV Thank you!

Evan - Most bucks have shed now at The Proving Grounds - grant

Blind Luck Outdoors - It's tough to replicate fire but mowing, selective herbicide, cutting trees, etc., all can be used to improve habitat! - grant

Steve - I never recommend hinge cutting - as you've learned it simply makes a mess and shades out ground cover. Felled logs won't burn with a prescribed fire - for years. Green logs have way too much moisture to burn. I suggest girdling (more work but can be done during the winter) or hack and squirt to terminate the trees while standing. They will dry and decay much quicker standing (if you are east of Kansas - high humidity) than no the ground. In a few years small limbs will fall. When they fall, they are very dry and breakup quickly. I'd burn after you terminate. If you burn before doing the TSI - you'll remove the fuel base and it will require some years to build fuel to consumer the limbs that will fall.

@@GrowingDeerTV In Arkansas , I'm think if I do not burn the leaves will not let much to grow . Thank you and I learn and enjoyed your videos .

Wyn - This totally depends on the value of the standing timber in your area. The cost to destump depends on the number and size of the stumps. Sorry - but there are too many variables to provide an accurate estimate. - grant

Ray - anytime from now on when the weather conditions are favorable. It's rare in the Ozarks for the humidity and wind speed to be enough for a safe and effective burn.

Tomahawk - If planting during the fall, Eagle Seed's Buffalo Blend is what I use in my small plots. If during the warm season and there's ample soil moisture clover may be a good option. Let me know how it goes! - grant

Thanks for the reply, I’ll check both out!!

I threw in just a clover mix on may 20. I put down 100lb of lime and 40lb of 10-10-10. The clover is about 5 inches tall already “ probably would be taller if it wasn’t for the deer”. I have lots of deer in the clover on camera now. Thanks for helping me decide!!! I’m very happy with my choice!

I don't cut down mature dead mature oaks unless they are close to a fire break. Chestnut oaks are very hardy and long-lived. Now that the savannah is functioning a few of the oak sampling will survive future fires just as they do in naturally occurring savanna's.

Wow! That's a large burn!

Saylor - We have use DCode for years and have been pleased! - grant

Ok thanks

The seeds were in the soil! We simply managed to release them.

There are lots of variable such as the amount of fuel, etc. However, Fire would likely kill many of the younger pines.

I can't imagine an adult turkey would be caught in a prescribed fire. However, if there was a nest in an area that was burned, it could be destroyed. Unless a huge area, was burned, the benefits of the fire for the population would outweigh the concerns over a single nest.

No! Cedars make a lot of seeds. The ones you see left weren't in the area we cut but they are on my to do list!